Sick of all the plastic junk being passed off as toys? Are your kids bored among a sea of walking, talking objects? Check out tips on toys that work – and toys that don’t.
Toys: Weighing Junk vs. Keepers
By Lisa Russell
Kids deserve real stuff to play with, not pretend things. Why give a child a plastic stethoscope that doesn’t really allow him to hear his amazing little heart beating? Why a plastic thermometer that always reads “102” degrees when the human body changes temperature constantly -- isn’t it amazing that our baseline normal body temperature can range several degrees? We want a child to discover that! And imagine how his eyes will light up when he discovers that his internal (mouth) temperature is different than his underarm temperature. (Let’s hope that’s as far as the exploration goes!)
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© Lisa Russell
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Lisa Russell runs an eclectic homeschooling and parenting web site at LisaRussell.net.
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